Surah Zumar ayat 25 Tafsir Quran 39:25

﴿كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴾
[ الزمر: 25]

39:25 Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

Those who were before them denied their messengers with regard to the coming of the chastisement; and so the chastisement came on them whence they were not aware in a way that would never have occurred to them.

Similarly behaved those who preceded them and they were seized with a ruinous punishment they neither knew how it happened nor whence it came

The Final Destination of the Disbelievers أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ( Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection ) he will be rebuked and he and the evildoers like him will be told: ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ( Taste what you used to earn! ) `Is this like the one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection' as Allah says: أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ( Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on the straight way ) ( 67:22 ); يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ( The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them ): "Taste you the touch of Hell!") ( 54:48 ), and أَفَمَن يُلْقَى فِى النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِى ءَامِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ( Is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection ) ( 41:40 ) In each of these Ayat, it was sufficient to refer to one of the two groups. كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَـهُمُ الْعَـذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ ( Those before them denied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not. ) means, the previous generations who denied the Messengers were destroyed by Allah for their sins.
And none had they to protect them from Allah. فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْىَ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ( So Allah made them to taste the disgrace in the present life, ) means, by means of the punishment and revenge which He sent down upon them, and the rejoicing of the believers for what happened to them.
So, let those who are addressed beware, for they have rejected the noblest of the Messengers and the Seal of the Prophets .
And what Allah has promised them of severe punishment in the Hereafter is worse than whatever befell them in this world.
Allah says: وَلَعَذَابُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ ( but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew! ) وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ - قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

The Final Destination of the Disbelievers أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ( Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection ) he will be rebuked and he and the evildoers like him will be told: ذُوقُواْ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ ( Taste what you used to earn! ) `Is this like the one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection' as Allah says: أَفَمَن يَمْشِى مُكِبّاً عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَهْدَى أَمَّن يَمْشِى سَوِيّاً عَلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ( Is he who walks prone on his face, more rightly guided, or he who walks upright on the straight way ) ( 67:22 ); يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِى النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ( The Day they will be dragged on their faces into the Fire (it will be said to them ): "Taste you the touch of Hell!") ( 54:48 ), and أَفَمَن يُلْقَى فِى النَّارِ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّن يَأْتِى ءَامِناً يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ ( Is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection ) ( 41:40 ) In each of these Ayat, it was sufficient to refer to one of the two groups. كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَـهُمُ الْعَـذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ ( Those before them denied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not. ) means, the previous generations who denied the Messengers were destroyed by Allah for their sins.
And none had they to protect them from Allah. فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْىَ فِى الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا ( So Allah made them to taste the disgrace in the present life, ) means, by means of the punishment and revenge which He sent down upon them, and the rejoicing of the believers for what happened to them.
So, let those who are addressed beware, for they have rejected the noblest of the Messengers and the Seal of the Prophets .
And what Allah has promised them of severe punishment in the Hereafter is worse than whatever befell them in this world.
Allah says: وَلَعَذَابُ الاٌّخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ ( but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew! ) وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ - قُرْءَاناً عَرَبِيّاً غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

( Those before them ) those before your people, O Muhammad, such as the people of Hud, Salih and Shu’ayb as well as others ( denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not ) it was coming.

Those before them belied, and so the torment came on them from directions they perceived not.

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